FC Vagharshapat

Vagharshapat

Full name	FC Vagarshapat Echmiadzin
Founded	1967 (1967)
Dissolved	2005 (2005)
Ground	Vagarshapat Stadium Vagharshapat
Ground Capacity	3,000

FC Vagharshapat (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վաղարշապատ) was Armenian football club from the city of Echmiadzin. This club is founded in 1967.

History

Before the formation of Championship of Independent Armenia, the team itself is nowhere really could not show, only in 1990 start a professional stage in the second league of the USSR where they were in the 7th place.

In 1992 the team performed in the championship of Armenia in the Premier League, on the basis of which they occupied 10th place and booked a place in the highest league in the next year.

In the Armenian Cup the team reached the quarterfinals and beat team Van Yerevan 0:2. These results remain the best in the history of the team's performance in the elite league of the Armenian championship. Though poor results in subsequent seasons which was 13th and 14th sent the team in lower division in the First League, where they will continue the performance. In the unofficial championship of 1995 team takes third place and bronze medals. However, through the biennial team will come down from competing in the tournament.

The revival of the club was after 6 years under the new name Vagarshapat, and striking a shot in the first league championship. As a result of the season the team were awarded silver medals in small denominations, but the 2nd place does not allow raising. Subsequent seasons were repeated from previous years. In the 2004 season - 4th place in the season 2005 - 8th place. Unfortunately it was 2005 will be the last in a short period of revival of the team. After the end of the championship the club was disbanded.

League Record

Year	Club Name	Division	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	PTS
1990	Zvartnots Echmiadzin	Armenian SSR League	7	32	12	8	12	53	60	32
1991	Zvartnots Echmiadzin	Armenian SSR League	11	38	14	4	20	59	76	32
1992	Zvartnots Echmiadzin	Armenian Premier League	10	22	3	5	14	30	61	11
1993	Zvartnots Echmiadzin	Armenian Premier League	13	28	6	4	18	42	78	16
1994	SKA-Arai Echmiadzin	Armenian Premier League	14	28	5	5	18	38	85	15
1995	SKA-Arai Echmiadzin	Armenian First League	3	14	8	1	5	35	9	25
1995/96	SKA-Arai Echmiadzin	Armenian First League	10	22	7	2	13	26	44	23
1996/97	SKA-Arai Echmiadzin	Armenian First League	10	22	6	7	9	24	28	25
1997	SKA-Arai Echmiadzin	Armenian First League	7	16	4	1	11	25	45	13
1998–2002	-	no participation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Vagharshapat Echmiadzin	Armenian First League	2	22	16	2	4	61	24	50
2004	Vagharshapat Echmiadzin	Armenian First League	4	30	17	3	10	61	42	54
2005	Vagharshapat Echmiadzin	Armenian First League	8	24	8	4	12	38	59	28
2006–present	-	no participation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Head coach

• B. Yeghiazaryan (1990)
• Samvel Ayvazian (1991)
• Arkady Andriasyan (1992–1993)
• Ashot Martirosyan (1993)
• Rudik Avanesyan (1993)
• Gevond Pogosyan (1994)

External links

• Vagarshapat at www.weltfussballarchiv.com
• Vagarshapat at foot.dk (Danish)
• RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)